Former Iowa Republican Co-Chair Warns Farmers Are Souring on Republicans’ Failing DC Agenda Supported by Ashley Hinson
NPR: “[Former Iowa Republican Party Co-Chair David Oman] Adds That if the Pain Persists for Farmers, it Could Drag on the Republican Party in the Midterms, Including in Iowa”
DES MOINES – Ashley Hinson’s failing DC agenda that is making life worse for Iowa farmers is coming at a cost. Iowans are souring on her failure to deliver on lowering the cost of living for struggling farmers and families.
Former Iowa Republican Party Co-Chair David Oman is warning that farmers are “being tested in different ways” right now and “it’s certainly being tested in the ag business economy sector right now.”
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- David Oman, former co-chair of the Iowa Republican Party, agrees that’s a fair assessment — that subsidies are also a political ploy on the part of Trump.
- “I think it’s the truth, if you want to look at it that way,” he said. “And he isn’t the only president or the only person from a particular party to have tried to do that.”
- And Oman agrees with Wertish that farmers may need the money now, but they’d prefer stability.
- “Most farmers, if they level with you, would tell you they’d rather have certainty than uncertainty,” Oman said. “Looking out one, two or three crop years, then they can really plan. Do they want to buy more acres? Do they want to make six-figure capital equipment purchases, things of that sort?”
- He adds that if the pain persists for farmers, it could drag on the Republican Party in the midterms, including in Iowa.
- “There still are a lot of people in the state and all over the Midwest and all over the country who remain loyal” to Trump, he said. “But that’s being tested in different ways and at different times. And it’s certainly being tested in the ag business economy sector right now.”
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